Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein tells confidants he is prepared to be fired - "Here I stand."

Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein tells confidants he is prepared to be fired
Under fire, the deputy attorney general has invoked a Martin Luther quote to say he stands by his actions.
by Julia Ainsley / Apr.13.2018 / 11:33 AM ET / Updated 11:45 AM ET

WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has struck a stoic and righteous tone in private conversations he has had this week about the fate of his job as President Donald Trump has launched public criticism against him and considered firing him, according to three sources who have spoken to Rosenstein.

In those conversations, he has repeated the phrase, "Here I stand," a reference to Martin Luther's famous quote, "Here I stand, I can do no other." Coincidentally, former FBI Director James Comey, whom Rosenstein fired, repeated the same phrase to President George W. Bush in a conversation that has been widely reported and that Comey describes in his forthcoming book.

One source who spoke to Rosenstein said he seemed fully aware he may soon lose his job and was at peace with the possibility, confident he had done his job with integrity.


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